ASUS Splendid : MXM for the desktop Posted on 07/05/2008 at 14:47 by Nicolas
- source: ASUSTeK
ASUS seems to really like the Radeon HD 3850 in MXM format because after having launched the EAH3850 Trinity which takes three daughter cards, the Taiwanese manufacturer is now offering the Splendid MA3850M, a mono GPU solution.
The RV670 is set at 668 MHz and with the accompanying 512 MB set at 828 MHz, performances should be close to those of reference card’s. Compared to the latter, the immediate advantage of the Splendid is that it will be 27% shorter (17cm versus the usual 23.3cm) which makes it the ideal card for small casings. Moreover, its creator indicates that the modular design will enable easy upgrades in the future. Either way, in reality these MXM cards equipped with higher performance GPUs will have to be offered at an attractive price in order that they be of interest.
